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... no alcohol is served in Disney. Bummer. But Cheryl was glad she finally had the chance to have a meal there. Our waiter was extremely courteous, we must say, but we had a hard time understanding him. But at least he tried.

Mac and Josie were practically falling asleep at dinner, so we hurried through, paid the bill and made our way back to the Grand Californian for our last night.

Unfortunately, I seem to have brought the English weather with me here to California, which means that it has been overcast and not too hot today! In light of this, we visited the Spectrum Shopping Mall this morning for shopping with the girls (Me, Jana and Jaida), and then had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. If you have never been to the Cheesecake Factory before (or have never seen sitcoms in which it has been ...

... were like the slow roller ones that Lois seemed to love, just as much as the 5 years in front and behind us. Still it wasn't like we were restricted on time too much. Throughout the day there were parades and shows going on all over the park, and it really started to get busy over the next few hours. We made the decision to dart over to the other park, called California Adventure Park. This was a bit quieter and had some of the bigger ...

... for two hours, instead you only have to wait a few minutes because you get to go in a special line. Fast Passes are free, but you can only get one at a time and some rides run out fast. Make sure you get a map of the park and the rides that offer Fast Passes will be labelled. Some people who have Park Hopper tickets sometimes switch between Disneyland and California Adventure because both parks offer Fast Passes and you are allowed to have one in each park. If ...

... much poorer!). We were there til basically 6pm and the rain was starting up pretty good again as we walked back to the hotel. Luckily, Darrin had his hood and the umbrella kept me mostly dry. no fireworks that night - not sure if they weren't scheduled or because of the rain.

So we got back to the hotel and had to decide on supper. There are lots of restaurants in the area, but we had passed Cheesecake Factory the night before and that kinda ...